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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Jordan say about Alexandra?
2. What does Jordan think Alexandra would not have the courage to do?
3. What has Jordan done in response to Alexandra seeking him out?
4. Why does Jordan feel sorry for most women?
5. What is different about Jordan when he returns from the continent?
Short Essay Questions
1. What conversation do Mrs. Lawrence and her daughter have about Will Helmsley?
2. How does Alexandra reveal her innocence and naivete at the inn the first night that the newly wedded couple stop?
3. What does Mrs. Lawrence say in reply to Jordan's assertion that he is an honorable man?
4. How does Alexandra compare Jordan and herself?
5. What does Jordan say to Lady Catherine about what he just saw and what is her reply?
6. How does Alexandra try to comfort the Dowager Duchess?
7. What does Alexandra bemoan as she is riding in the carriage?
8. What is the history between Elizabeth Grangerfield and Jordan Hawthorne?
9. What does the Dowager say to Alexandra about Alexandra's future and what is Alexandra's response?
10. What does Sir Roderick Carstairs say in response to Leticia Bildrup's opinion about Elizabeth Grangerfield?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Jordan decides to marry Alexandra because he feels gratitude and partly out of pity for her. Discuss the following:
1. List three criteria which you believe are essential for a good marriage. Discuss why you choose those three and then discuss if you believe Jordan and Alexandra's relationship possesses any of those qualities. Use examples from the text.
2. List three criteria which you believe make a successful marriage impossible. Discuss why you choose those three and then discuss if you believe Jordan and Alexandra's relationship possesses any of those qualities. Use examples from the text.
3. Using the three criteria which you list for both a successful marriage and those which would greatly hinder a successful marriage, argue whether or not you believe Jordan and Alexandra's relationship marriage will be successful or a failure based upon the six criteria you cited.
Essay Topic 2
The topic of marriage is woven throughout Something Wonderful. Discuss the following:
1. Discuss the following attitudes toward marriage that the following characters seem to take: Alexandra (both at the beginning of the novel and at the end); Jordan (both at the beginning of the novel and at the end), Lady Catherine Harrington, Jordan's mother, Mrs. Lawrence and The Dowager Duchess.
2. How do you think the characters listed above would view marriage if they had similar personalities but lived in the 21st century United States?
3. If you were someone who knew nothing of England and her social customs of the time and took a couple years to observe its people, what would you say about the institution of marriage in England at the time (early 1800s)?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?
2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Something Wonderful, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?
3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements (They may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not.
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